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  • Re: All things related to Hryastan

    Originally posted by Azad View Post
    I have to admit this time around they do not sound too professionals.
    That is true, Brother Azad. We can also observe a similar lack of professionalism on a large part of the Azerbaijani commandos which regularly attempt to penetrate into Armenian territory along the front lines in northeastern Armenia and eastern and southern Artsakh. In either case, the enemy will be satisfied with any Armenian casualties that the enemy may be able to cause. The purpose of the coordinated attacks at this point is still primarily psychological, designed to frustrate, demoralize, and demonize Armenia and weaken it until such time that the enemy thinks it can carry out an operation on a larger scale. An additional objective of these anti-Armenian propaganda articles that the western-Jewish media has been pumping out, a particularly vile objective at that, is to weaken the Armenian Diaspora's attachment to Armenia and Artsakh, and drive a wedge between the two by falsely presenting Armenia as merely an alleged "tool" in the hands of alleged "Russian imperialism" directed against the "indispensable ally of Israel and the west" Turkey. They are painting a picture of Armenia as an undemocratic hellhole and regional troublemaker, basically a member of the new Axis of Evil along with Russia, Iran, Syria (specifically the Assad government in Syria), China, and a few other states that pose a danger to NATO's allies the Turks and other "moderate" terrorists. When the time comes for the next election cycle in Armenia, you can bet your bottom dollar that the western-funded opposition in Armenia and the diaspora will cite these very same articles as they try to agitate and foment protests against the government in Yerevan. This is nothing new, the Turks have been pushing this agenda for years:

    Keep Armenia isolated, George Friedman (Jewish) - November, 2010


    Armenian diaspora: Focus on Russia rather than Turkey!


    The solution in both cases remains the same: there is only one way to deal with an enemy attacking with intent to destroy you. No excuses, no "protected class" status, no immunity for any scum who attack Armenia!

    Of course we Armenian patriots are all too familiar with Jewish-led blitzes in the western media targeting Armenia:

    Western Media Blitz Against Armenia - March 2011 (Amended 2015)
    A blog about the rise of Russia, Russian-Armenian relations and Eurasian geopolitics
    Last edited by Sarkis86; 03-03-2016, 03:21 AM.

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    • Re: All things related to Hryastan

      Originally posted by Azad View Post
      With all the Middle East going in flame while Israel is enjoying the destruction and wishing it to extend into the Caucasus. Let us hope anytime soon Iran will give Hezbollah the green light to keep Israel busy sticking its nose where it belongs. Maybe than the Armenian Lobby will lower itself to their level and will lobby for Iran for Israel's destruction as well.
      You must be joking. Our lobby is just another tool for the jewish lobby to manipulate. Our lobby has no brain and no heart of its own. It just endorsed Rubio who is as establishment as it gets and you know exactly what the establishment has done to our causes in the past. This is a great example of the limitations in vision and cognition of our diaspora. Yeh lets endorse a candidate who sticks with the establishment policy of promising Armenians everything and delivering nothing once elected. Our lobby has been a disgraceful waste of diaspora resources which could have been used way more effectively.
      Hayastan or Bust.

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      • Re: All things related to Hryastan

        Originally posted by Haykakan View Post
        You must be joking. Our lobby is just another tool for the jewish lobby to manipulate. Our lobby has no brain and no heart of its own. It just endorsed Rubio who is as establishment as it gets and you know exactly what the establishment has done to our causes in the past. This is a great example of the limitations in vision and cognition of our diaspora. Yeh lets endorse a candidate who sticks with the establishment policy of promising Armenians everything and delivering nothing once elected. Our lobby has been a disgraceful waste of diaspora resources which could have been used way more effectively.
        I don't recall Armenian groups endorsing any candidate. Not the AAA or ANCA. Perhaps the endorsement came from a Republican Armenian group. If anything, despite his vitriol, I would think Trump is the best candidate for Armenians:

        Trump Being Advised by Former Top US Intelligence Official. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is receiving foreign policy advice from a former US military intelligence chief who wants the United States to work more closely with Russia to resolve global security issues, according to a report this week from Reuters.

        Former foreign policy officials told the news agency that retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, who was chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency under President Barack Obama from 2012 to 2014, has been informally advising Trump on world affairs. Flynn was spotted last year at a "gala celebration" for Russian media outlet RT, sitting at the same table as Russian president Vladimir Putin.
        General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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        • Re: All things related to Hryastan

          Originally posted by Joseph View Post
          I don't recall Armenian groups endorsing any candidate. Not the AAA or ANCA. Perhaps the endorsement came from a Republican Armenian group. If anything, despite his vitriol, I would think Trump is the best candidate for Armenians:

          Trump Being Advised by Former Top US Intelligence Official. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is receiving foreign policy advice from a former US military intelligence chief who wants the United States to work more closely with Russia to resolve global security issues, according to a report this week from Reuters.

          Former foreign policy officials told the news agency that retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, who was chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency under President Barack Obama from 2012 to 2014, has been informally advising Trump on world affairs. Flynn was spotted last year at a "gala celebration" for Russian media outlet RT, sitting at the same table as Russian president Vladimir Putin.
          Yes you would think our lobbyists would figure that out but instead they write this.
          ARMENIAN AMERICANS SHOULD SUPPORT MARCO RUBIO

          Sunshine State News, FL
          Feb 29 2016

          By Taniel Koushakjian
          February 29, 2016 - 10:00am

          As the race for the White House heats up, Armenian Americans across
          the country are beginning to look more closely at who will best
          represent their interests as president of the United States. For
          many Armenian Americans, the 2016 election cycle concludes a chapter
          in the worst administration on Armenian American issues in modern
          presidential history.

          With the broken promises of Barack Obama, whether to acknowledge
          the Armenian Genocide as president or to increase U.S. assistance to
          Armenia, the Armenian American community has learned that campaign
          promises are no true indicator of support after the election. However,
          one can and should look to a candidates record, votes, statements,
          and over-all positions in order to arrive at an informed decision as
          to whether or not that candidate deserves your support.

          When looking through the Armenian American lens, the Republican Party
          has the stronger track record and Marco Rubio is the top choice of all
          the candidates running for president of the United States of America.

          The Race as it Stands

          As of this writing, Donald Trump currently leads the Republican
          Party's nomination contest with 82 pledged delegates, followed by U.S.

          Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who are tied
          with 17, Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, with six, and retired neurosurgeon
          Ben Carson with four. There are a total 2,340 delegates available
          and 1,237 are needed to secure the Republican nomination.

          The race for the Republican Party's nomination could very well be
          determined in less than 30 days. Super Tuesday on March 1 will see
          11 states hold primary votes. For Republicans, 595 delegates are up
          for grabs, including Cruz's home state of Texas, about 48 percent of
          the total delegates required to win the nomination.

          Florida and Ohio will hold their "winner-take-all" primaries on
          March 15, along with Illinois, Missouri, and North Carolina. In the
          month of March, 1,398 delegates will be awarded, enough to secure
          the nomination.

          Heading into Super Tuesday, emphasis will be on the ability of each
          candidate to sweep a large number of delegates and if Cruz, Rubio,
          and Kasich win their home states. If it doesn't become a two-man race
          by the end of March simple arithmetic suggests that Trump will likely
          be the Republican nominee.

          Rubio's Record

          During his tenure in the United States Senate, Rubio has established
          the strongest record in support of Christian and Armenian American
          issues of all the candidates in the field, including but not limited
          to genocide recognition, and not just in Armenia.

          On Armenian American legislation, Rubio voted "yes" on the Armenian
          Genocide recognition resolution, S.Res. 410, in the Senate Foreign
          Relations Committee in 2014. The bill passed 12-5; the first time an
          Armenian Genocide resolution has ever passed this committee.

          In 2015, Rubio cosponsored S.Res. 140, the Armenian Genocide
          resolution, which is currently pending in the Senate with 21
          signatories.

          "As your United States Senator, and as a member of the Senate Committee
          on Foreign Relations, I was proud to co-sponsor S.Res. 140 in support
          of an Armenian-Turkish relationship following the 100th Anniversary of
          the Armenian Genocide. We must continue to fight as an international
          community with passion and dignity in defense of human rights,"
          Rubio wrote in a letter to the Armenian American community to mark
          the centennial anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. "Please know
          that you have my full support for your cause."

          Also in 2015, Rubio signed a letter to Azerbaijan President Ilham
          Aliyev regarding the regime's violent crackdown on political and
          human rights activists, imprisonment of journalists, and general turn
          toward authoritarian rule. Rubio's position on the side of individual
          liberties, freedom of the press, and democracy is an important element
          to consider.

          Those watching the Republican presidential debates have noticed
          that, unlike other candidates on either stage, Rubio has repeatedly
          and unequivocally called out the Islamic State's barbaric violence
          against Christians, Yezidis, and other religious minorities in the
          Middle East as genocide. He also does not hesitate to discuss his
          Christian heritage and faith, whether it's his views on life or
          where his children go to school. As such, he joined U.S. Sen. Mark
          Kirk, R-Ill., a champion of Armenian American issues, as an original
          cosponsor of S.Res. 340, a bill that would label as genocide ISIS
          attacks on Armenians, Assyrians, Yezidis, and other ethnicities of
          religious antiquity in the Middle East.

          In addition to his unparalleled record, Marco Rubio has the backing
          of key political figures. Former Republican presidential nominee
          former U.S. Sen.Robert Dole, R-Kan., who led the charge on the Senate
          floor for Armenian Genocide recognition in 1991, endorsed Rubio. "I'm
          supporting Rubio," Dole told ABC News earlier this month. "He wants
          to grow the party."

          Vice Chairman of the Congressional Armenian Caucus U.S. Rep. Gus
          Bilirakis, R-Fla., also endorsed Rubio in recent days.

          "Having served with Marco in the Florida Legislature and in Congress,
          I know him to be a leader that inspires hope and instills in all of
          us a love of country that we felt under another inspirational leader
          - Ronald Reagan," Biliarkis said. "Marco Rubio's life story is proof
          positive that American exceptionalism is real, but we need to fight to
          preserve it and expand it to more people. His story teaches us that
          the son of immigrant parents, who came to this country for freedom
          and opportunity, can achieve anything, including holding the highest
          office in the land, where I know Marco will work every day to give
          back to the country that changed his family's history."

          Cruz's Calling

          In 2015, Cruz also cosponsored S.Res.140, the Armenian Genocide
          resolution. Although Cruz is currently a member of the SFRC, he was not
          on the committee in 2014, and therefore has never had an opportunity
          to vote on the Armenian Genocide resolution.

          Sen, Cruz also issued a powerful statement to the Armenian American
          community to commemorate the centennial anniversary. "100 years ago,
          the world was too silent as the Armenian people suffered a horrific
          genocide," Cruz wrote in his letter. "Today, we commemorate more than
          a million souls who were extinguished by the Ottoman Government. Let
          the terrors of those events awaken in us the courage to always
          stand for freedom against evil forces. As Pope Francis rightly said,
          'Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding
          without bandaging it.' The massacre of the Armenian, Assyrian and
          other Christian people should be called what it is: genocide."

          Kasich's Case

          Kasich has a mixed record on Armenian American issues over his
          career in Congress (1983-2000). Like Cruz, he has never faced a vote
          on the Armenian Genocide resolution. However, Kasich's most recent
          record shows him as an original cosponsor of H.Res. 155, the genocide
          recognition bill of 1999. As governor, Kasich issued a proclamation
          in 2012 congratulating Armenia on its 21st anniversary of independence.

          Carson and Trump

          As a retired neurosurgeon, Ben Carson has no record in support or
          opposition to Armenian American issues.

          Although Donald Trump has never held elective office, he has a record
          of questionable business practices, one of which should seriously
          concern Armenian Americans. According to a Eurasia.net report last
          year:

          "Trump lent his name and management know-how to an upcoming,
          sail-shaped skyscraper in Baku that is owned by billionaire Anar
          Mammadov, Mother Jones magazine reported on July 29. Mammadov is a
          son of the country's powerful transportation minister, Ziya Mammadov,
          a man whose family has been long accused of battening on privileged
          access to government contracts for infrastructure development.

          "The deal and Mammadov's role as a champion of Azerbaijani interests
          in the US -- he heads the Azerbaijan America Alliance -- exemplify the
          two parallel worlds of US-Azerbaijani relations. Baku now bitterly
          rebukes Washington's criticism of its dismal human rights records,
          even as its insiders actively lobby and sweet-talk US politicians.

          "And, apparently, investors like Trump."

          Trump's pro-Azerbaijan leaning is reinforced by the support of Gov.

          Chris Christie, R-NJ. In 2012, Christie issued a proclamation on the
          so-called "Khojaly massacre" which ridiculously accuses Armenians
          of committing ethnic cleaning against Azerbaijanis during the
          1991-94 Nagorno Karabakh War. The growing Muslim Azerbaijan lobby
          in Washington, led by the Azerbaijan American Alliance, with who's
          founder Trump has a business relationship, has shopped around such
          anti-Armenian proclamations and resolutions in order to cover up
          and divert attention from Azerbaijan's Sumgait, Kirovabad, and Baku
          pogroms against Christian Armenians in 1988-90.

          Christie came to Trump's rescue in an endorsement on Friday after Rubio
          used the same attack wielded from the New Jersey governor against Rubio
          on Trump. "I watched you repeat yourself five times four weeks ago,"
          Trump exclaimed at the Republican presidential debate on Thursday
          night in Houston, TX. "I watched you repeat yourself five times
          five seconds ago," Rubio rebuffed after Trump failed to articulate
          a health-care plan.

          The Right Choice

          Armenian Americans focusing on November must remain mindful of the
          historical record of the individual, statements made, and tough votes
          cast in order to make an informed decision about the person and the
          party accordingly. While there are and have always been genuine,
          ardent, and steadfast Democratic supporters of Armenian American
          interests, the historical record reveals that Republican leadership
          has been more successful. When viewed through the Armenian American
          lens, it would be foolish for Armenian Americans to continue to
          reward a party and a president that has been unable to deliver when
          it mattered most.

          There are plenty of issues on the Armenian American agenda. U.S.

          reaffirmation of the Armenian Genocide, defending the rights of
          Nagorno Karabakh citizens to live freely, and Christian persecution
          in the Middle East are the most compelling for Armenian Americans in
          2016. How legislators act when in power and vote when it counts is
          what reveals true leadership.

          Like other minority groups in America, Armenians are not a monolithic
          voting block, nor should we be. But we must wake up the political
          consciousness of our constituency and make the right choice in this
          election-and that choice is Marco Rubio.

          Taniel Koushakjian is the editor and the political contributor at
          FLArmenians where this piece first appeared.

          Hayastan or Bust.

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          • Re: All things related to Hryastan

            Originally posted by Haykakan View Post
            Yes you would think our lobbyists would figure that out but instead they write this.
            ARMENIAN AMERICANS SHOULD SUPPORT MARCO RUBIO

            Sunshine State News, FL
            Feb 29 2016

            By Taniel Koushakjian
            February 29, 2016 - 10:00am

            As the race for the White House heats up, Armenian Americans across
            the country are beginning to look more closely at who will best
            represent their interests as president of the United States. For
            many Armenian Americans, the 2016 election cycle concludes a chapter
            in the worst administration on Armenian American issues in modern
            presidential history.

            With the broken promises of Barack Obama, whether to acknowledge
            the Armenian Genocide as president or to increase U.S. assistance to
            Armenia, the Armenian American community has learned that campaign
            promises are no true indicator of support after the election. However,
            one can and should look to a candidates record, votes, statements,
            and over-all positions in order to arrive at an informed decision as
            to whether or not that candidate deserves your support.

            When looking through the Armenian American lens, the Republican Party
            has the stronger track record and Marco Rubio is the top choice of all
            the candidates running for president of the United States of America.

            The Race as it Stands

            As of this writing, Donald Trump currently leads the Republican
            Party's nomination contest with 82 pledged delegates, followed by U.S.

            Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who are tied
            with 17, Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, with six, and retired neurosurgeon
            Ben Carson with four. There are a total 2,340 delegates available
            and 1,237 are needed to secure the Republican nomination.

            The race for the Republican Party's nomination could very well be
            determined in less than 30 days. Super Tuesday on March 1 will see
            11 states hold primary votes. For Republicans, 595 delegates are up
            for grabs, including Cruz's home state of Texas, about 48 percent of
            the total delegates required to win the nomination.

            Florida and Ohio will hold their "winner-take-all" primaries on
            March 15, along with Illinois, Missouri, and North Carolina. In the
            month of March, 1,398 delegates will be awarded, enough to secure
            the nomination.

            Heading into Super Tuesday, emphasis will be on the ability of each
            candidate to sweep a large number of delegates and if Cruz, Rubio,
            and Kasich win their home states. If it doesn't become a two-man race
            by the end of March simple arithmetic suggests that Trump will likely
            be the Republican nominee.

            Rubio's Record

            During his tenure in the United States Senate, Rubio has established
            the strongest record in support of Christian and Armenian American
            issues of all the candidates in the field, including but not limited
            to genocide recognition, and not just in Armenia.

            On Armenian American legislation, Rubio voted "yes" on the Armenian
            Genocide recognition resolution, S.Res. 410, in the Senate Foreign
            Relations Committee in 2014. The bill passed 12-5; the first time an
            Armenian Genocide resolution has ever passed this committee.

            In 2015, Rubio cosponsored S.Res. 140, the Armenian Genocide
            resolution, which is currently pending in the Senate with 21
            signatories.

            "As your United States Senator, and as a member of the Senate Committee
            on Foreign Relations, I was proud to co-sponsor S.Res. 140 in support
            of an Armenian-Turkish relationship following the 100th Anniversary of
            the Armenian Genocide. We must continue to fight as an international
            community with passion and dignity in defense of human rights,"
            Rubio wrote in a letter to the Armenian American community to mark
            the centennial anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. "Please know
            that you have my full support for your cause."

            Also in 2015, Rubio signed a letter to Azerbaijan President Ilham
            Aliyev regarding the regime's violent crackdown on political and
            human rights activists, imprisonment of journalists, and general turn
            toward authoritarian rule. Rubio's position on the side of individual
            liberties, freedom of the press, and democracy is an important element
            to consider.

            Those watching the Republican presidential debates have noticed
            that, unlike other candidates on either stage, Rubio has repeatedly
            and unequivocally called out the Islamic State's barbaric violence
            against Christians, Yezidis, and other religious minorities in the
            Middle East as genocide. He also does not hesitate to discuss his
            Christian heritage and faith, whether it's his views on life or
            where his children go to school. As such, he joined U.S. Sen. Mark
            Kirk, R-Ill., a champion of Armenian American issues, as an original
            cosponsor of S.Res. 340, a bill that would label as genocide ISIS
            attacks on Armenians, Assyrians, Yezidis, and other ethnicities of
            religious antiquity in the Middle East.

            In addition to his unparalleled record, Marco Rubio has the backing
            of key political figures. Former Republican presidential nominee
            former U.S. Sen.Robert Dole, R-Kan., who led the charge on the Senate
            floor for Armenian Genocide recognition in 1991, endorsed Rubio. "I'm
            supporting Rubio," Dole told ABC News earlier this month. "He wants
            to grow the party."

            Vice Chairman of the Congressional Armenian Caucus U.S. Rep. Gus
            Bilirakis, R-Fla., also endorsed Rubio in recent days.

            "Having served with Marco in the Florida Legislature and in Congress,
            I know him to be a leader that inspires hope and instills in all of
            us a love of country that we felt under another inspirational leader
            - Ronald Reagan," Biliarkis said. "Marco Rubio's life story is proof
            positive that American exceptionalism is real, but we need to fight to
            preserve it and expand it to more people. His story teaches us that
            the son of immigrant parents, who came to this country for freedom
            and opportunity, can achieve anything, including holding the highest
            office in the land, where I know Marco will work every day to give
            back to the country that changed his family's history."

            Cruz's Calling

            In 2015, Cruz also cosponsored S.Res.140, the Armenian Genocide
            resolution. Although Cruz is currently a member of the SFRC, he was not
            on the committee in 2014, and therefore has never had an opportunity
            to vote on the Armenian Genocide resolution.

            Sen, Cruz also issued a powerful statement to the Armenian American
            community to commemorate the centennial anniversary. "100 years ago,
            the world was too silent as the Armenian people suffered a horrific
            genocide," Cruz wrote in his letter. "Today, we commemorate more than
            a million souls who were extinguished by the Ottoman Government. Let
            the terrors of those events awaken in us the courage to always
            stand for freedom against evil forces. As Pope Francis rightly said,
            'Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding
            without bandaging it.' The massacre of the Armenian, Assyrian and
            other Christian people should be called what it is: genocide."

            Kasich's Case

            Kasich has a mixed record on Armenian American issues over his
            career in Congress (1983-2000). Like Cruz, he has never faced a vote
            on the Armenian Genocide resolution. However, Kasich's most recent
            record shows him as an original cosponsor of H.Res. 155, the genocide
            recognition bill of 1999. As governor, Kasich issued a proclamation
            in 2012 congratulating Armenia on its 21st anniversary of independence.

            Carson and Trump

            As a retired neurosurgeon, Ben Carson has no record in support or
            opposition to Armenian American issues.

            Although Donald Trump has never held elective office, he has a record
            of questionable business practices, one of which should seriously
            concern Armenian Americans. According to a Eurasia.net report last
            year:

            "Trump lent his name and management know-how to an upcoming,
            sail-shaped skyscraper in Baku that is owned by billionaire Anar
            Mammadov, Mother Jones magazine reported on July 29. Mammadov is a
            son of the country's powerful transportation minister, Ziya Mammadov,
            a man whose family has been long accused of battening on privileged
            access to government contracts for infrastructure development.

            "The deal and Mammadov's role as a champion of Azerbaijani interests
            in the US -- he heads the Azerbaijan America Alliance -- exemplify the
            two parallel worlds of US-Azerbaijani relations. Baku now bitterly
            rebukes Washington's criticism of its dismal human rights records,
            even as its insiders actively lobby and sweet-talk US politicians.

            "And, apparently, investors like Trump."

            Trump's pro-Azerbaijan leaning is reinforced by the support of Gov.

            Chris Christie, R-NJ. In 2012, Christie issued a proclamation on the
            so-called "Khojaly massacre" which ridiculously accuses Armenians
            of committing ethnic cleaning against Azerbaijanis during the
            1991-94 Nagorno Karabakh War. The growing Muslim Azerbaijan lobby
            in Washington, led by the Azerbaijan American Alliance, with who's
            founder Trump has a business relationship, has shopped around such
            anti-Armenian proclamations and resolutions in order to cover up
            and divert attention from Azerbaijan's Sumgait, Kirovabad, and Baku
            pogroms against Christian Armenians in 1988-90.

            Christie came to Trump's rescue in an endorsement on Friday after Rubio
            used the same attack wielded from the New Jersey governor against Rubio
            on Trump. "I watched you repeat yourself five times four weeks ago,"
            Trump exclaimed at the Republican presidential debate on Thursday
            night in Houston, TX. "I watched you repeat yourself five times
            five seconds ago," Rubio rebuffed after Trump failed to articulate
            a health-care plan.

            The Right Choice

            Armenian Americans focusing on November must remain mindful of the
            historical record of the individual, statements made, and tough votes
            cast in order to make an informed decision about the person and the
            party accordingly. While there are and have always been genuine,
            ardent, and steadfast Democratic supporters of Armenian American
            interests, the historical record reveals that Republican leadership
            has been more successful. When viewed through the Armenian American
            lens, it would be foolish for Armenian Americans to continue to
            reward a party and a president that has been unable to deliver when
            it mattered most.

            There are plenty of issues on the Armenian American agenda. U.S.

            reaffirmation of the Armenian Genocide, defending the rights of
            Nagorno Karabakh citizens to live freely, and Christian persecution
            in the Middle East are the most compelling for Armenian Americans in
            2016. How legislators act when in power and vote when it counts is
            what reveals true leadership.

            Like other minority groups in America, Armenians are not a monolithic
            voting block, nor should we be. But we must wake up the political
            consciousness of our constituency and make the right choice in this
            election-and that choice is Marco Rubio.

            Taniel Koushakjian is the editor and the political contributor at
            FLArmenians where this piece first appeared.

            https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2..._8R_ebo3LDQ&e=
            Personally, we shouldn't support any of the candidates.
            General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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            • Re: All things related to Hryastan

              Originally posted by Joseph View Post
              Personally, we shouldn't support any of the candidates.
              Trump is the only candidate that does not have knee pads to serve Israel. The only candidate that has a reasonable foreign policy and a reasonable approach for working with the Russians. He did mention some twisted rhetoric in regards to Iran, I doubt it if it will last. He is a businessman, so he will shift some equations to benefit him. Overall he is not bad at all compare to the other migrants that are acting like a bible belt zionist flag wavers. Hillary and Bernie are .... just retards.

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              • Re: All things related to Hryastan

                This election is about antiestablishment and for good reasons. We have seen the establishment fail the middle and lower classes in USA time and time again. This election is an offshoot of the occupy movement that was killed but the issues were never resolved. Honestly no one knows what a politician will do once elected. We have seen them say what it takes to get votes and then do the opposite once elected time and again. When it comes to consistency non of the candidates can compare to Sanders as he has been a champion for the sane issues in the same manner for many decades yet he also is a politician. Sanders has talked tough on Russia in his speeches so I am not very optimistic about his foreign policies. Trump has no record on foreign policy but he is willing to negotiate and that is a constructive position to take. Trumps position is far better then any of the other republican candidates who are wearing Ranold Reagan glasses which blind them of the growing inequality created by that presidents stupid policies. There is no telling what any of these politicians will do once elected but antiestablishment is definitely the right choice as it sends a powerful message that the people cannot be ignored.
                Hayastan or Bust.

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                • Re: All things related to Hryastan

                  Originally posted by Azad View Post
                  With all the Middle East going in flame while Israel is enjoying the destruction and wishing it to extend into the Caucasus. Let us hope anytime soon Iran will give Hezbollah the green light to keep Israel busy sticking its nose where it belongs.
                  Let us hope it will start very soon to keep the back stabbers busy licking their own wounds.

                  Hezbollah’s Death Valley
                  In a small enclave between Syria and Israel, Hezbollah is preparing for what it says will be its biggest war ever.


                  In a small enclave between Syria and Israel, Hezbollah is preparing for what it says will be its biggest war ever.


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                  Last edited by Azad; 03-04-2016, 10:47 AM.

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                  • Re: All things related to Hryastan

                    "Jews and Armenians are brothers because we both suffered genocide . . ."

                    Gruesome Allegations: Israeli Forces Routinely Shoot Up Palestinian Corpses
                    Autopsies of those killed by Israeli defense forces reveal that Jerusalem is not only systematically executing Palestinians, but also intentionally firing rounds into corpses.

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                    • Re: All things related to Hryastan

                      [QUOTE=Sarkis86;367799]"Jews and Armenians are brothers because we both suffered genocide . . ."

                      Israel on many occasions has stated that the "Armenian tragedy" is not a genocide.

                      You may think they are your brothers but they certainly don't.

                      If you still still think they are your brothers you are delusional.

                      PS. It is true that many high minded j3ws agree about our genocide ( for which we are grateful) but never the context of "brothers".

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                      Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
                      Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
                      Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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